Hughes settles for sensational 60, writes BobWeeksTSN. MORE:
On the scorecard, the difference between shooting 60 and 59 is just one shot, but as every golfer knows, it’s much, much more than that.Mackenzie Hughes came to his final hole during the first round of the Travelers Championship with a chance to become just the 12th player to post a sub-60 score on the PGA Tour. His putt from 40 feet slowed to a halt about four feet from the cup and he settled for 60.
While he didn’t join the exclusive club, Hughes still rolled out to a three-shot lead after his red-hot round that included a stretch of five straight birdies. It was also 18 shots better than his last competitive round played last Sunday at the RBC Heritage.On Thursday Hughes started on the back nine in calm conditions, and got off to a relatively benign start, with one birdie over his first four holes. But he then began to find another gear, triggered by his putter.
For Hughes, it was his career-best score on the tour. He carded rounds of 61 twice before, including one in his lone PGA Tour victory at the 2017 RSM Classic. This round, however, came at a perfect time.Hughes has missed 10 cuts in 14 starts so far this season, but seemed to come out of his funk at the Honda Classic in March when weekend rounds of 66-66 gave him a second-place finish.Those two rounds ignited his confidence, but a week later the tour shut down over the coronavirus pandemic.
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